No trip to Leicester ought really miss an Everard's pub. The CAMRA Good Beer Guide suggests The Globe which dates back to 1720. It's only a few minutes (cold) walk from the hotel and obviously a popular pub for a meal after work. Good range of beers Food was good
I was probably 9 or 10 when I first read (probably in Look and Learn) about Coventry Cathedral and how, despite the city and the cathedral itself being firebombed to the ground in 1941, the cathedral had become internationally renowned for its peace efforts. Scroll forward a few years to
Before catching the bus let's finish the Tewkesbury photoshoot. The flooding has apparently subsided significantly but it still looks bad to me Saddening to walk down small side roads with doors barricaded by sandbags And, of course, a photo of the abbey must be mandatory for every visit to Tewkesbury
We knew the Royal Hop Pole hotel has history and had heard about a discovered 16th century banqueting hall in its midst. OK, so it's not been at its most impressive since they stuck a chimney right through the middle of it back in the 17th century but it is
Well, they say even the longest journey starts with the first step. In our case it starts with the first 2,000 or so steps up to the bus station. That's 2,000 carefully timed steps as we get to the bus stop at 09:29, one minute before we